Guido Jung

Guido Jung (2 February 1876-27 December 1949) was the Minister of Finance of Fascist Italy from 20 July 1932 to 17 January 1935, succeeding Benito Mussolini and preceding Antonio Mosconi and from 11 February to 17 April 1944, succeeding Domenico Bartolini and preceding Quinto Quintieri.

Biography
Guido Jung was born on 2 February 1876 to a wealthy family of Italian Jews, and he took over his father's citrus and fruit export company in 1906. When World War I broke out in 1915, the nationalist Jung volunteered in the Royal Italian Army, and after the war he was angry that Italy gained less than it deserved from the peace treaties. In 1922, Jung joined the National Fascist Party and from 1927 to 1932 was President of the National Institute for Export; from 1932 to 1935 he was the Minister of Finance. In 1936, Benito Mussolini made him the minister of armament, and he was partially responsible for the Italian victory in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. In 1938, the racial laws led to his dismissal from any roles in the government, and in September 1943 he abandoned fascism after Italy deposed Mussolini and signed an armistice with the Allied Powers in World War II. In 1944, he served under Pietro Badoglio as Minister of Finance for a few months, and he retired soon after. He died of a heart attack at the age of 73 in 1949.